Career Resources

• California Career Center- a fun, interactive way to help you reach your career goals
• Career OneStop - Assists in exploring careers, writing résumés, interviewing, and locating jobs; from the U. S. Dept. of Labor.
• EDD-Good for much more than applying for unemployment.
• JobStar California - Résumé, salary, and career guides; job listings, job fairs and hotlines for Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego areas.
• Learn How to Become - Search career paths, research education options, job details, and salaries.

Occupational Guides

• California Occupational Guides - Includes the training, job outlook, and earnings expectations for various occupations, California specific.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Includes the training, job outlook, and earnings expectations for various occupations, on a nation-wide level.
• Vocational Information Center - Career and technical education resources.

Job Listings

Local:

• Craigslist Monterey, Monterey Bay Help Wanted, Monterey Bay Jobs
• Local Newspapers - Monterey Herald or Salinas Californian
• Major Employers of Monterey County - provided by the Employment Development Department.
• Bay Area Careers.com - jobs in the Santa Cruz and San Francisco Bay areas.
• CalJOBS - The California Employment Development Department’s (EDD) job service.

National:

• Academic 360.com - resources for academic jobs, both faculty and administrative.
• Glassdoor - company salaries, salary data, reviews, and interview questions.
• LinkUp - job listings taken directly from company websites.
• Monster, Indeed, and CareerBuilder - popular job search banks.
• SnagAJob.com - source for hourly employment and second job hunters; part-time, full-time, and seasonal.
• USAJobs.gov - federal job listings.

Résumés and Cover Letters

• Résumé Center – Sample résumés, cover letters, do’s and don’ts, from Monster.com.
• Résumé Templates – From JobStar.
• Sample Cover Letters – From CVTips.com.
• Sample Résumés – From CVTips.com.